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Adjective: exploitive  ik'sploy-tiv or ek'sploy-tiv
  1. Tending to exploit or make use of
    "Exploitive credit practices include lenders who charge high interest rates that lead to loan default";
    - exploitative, exploitatory
     
  2. (media/arts) using shock value or sensationalism for effect
    "The exploitive nature of tabloid journalism";
    - exploitative

See also: consumptive